A CARDINAL MADE. A STATESMAN BORN.England, 1515.Thomas Wolsey has risen higher than anyone thought possible, but he’s keen on rising even higher. If he could only become Lord Chancellor, Thomas knows he can change England forever.The nobility has been abusing their position for years, while the Church has become openly corrupt. As Thomas works to right these wrongs at home, his diplomatic skills are sev...

The entire Thomas Wolsey story in one digital edition!Master WolseyThe rise of Thomas Wolsey, an exceptional Oxford scholar whose unlimited ambition takes him to the royal court, where he will endeavour to become a servant of two masters: the king of England and the Pope.Power & GloryThomas Wolsey's star has never been brighter. He has a reputation envied by kings and emperors throughout Europe and is the belo...

How does a butcher's son become the closest servant of a king?England, 1496.The Battle of Bosworth is over. King Richard III is dead, Henry Tudor wears the crown and England is about to be changed forever. If a man has brains and ambition, then he can rise to the very top.Fortunately for Thomas Wolsey, he has plenty of both.Not content with an obscure Oxford life, Thomas strikes out to better his position. Moving from master to master, Thoma...

London, 1864When Felix Cowdrey accepts a new position as doctor in a private lunatic asylum in Essex, he has hopes of making his name as an alienist. At first, everything seems to be going his way. He’s making excellent progress with one of his patients and he’s sure he’s found the job he was born to do.But a sudden death and the return of a young lady to the madhouse’s best bedroom sets Felix on a new path that will expose a shocking family secret and uncover a de...

Before dictators and emperors, Rome was ruled by kings.On the verge of losing his right to inherit the throne, Lucius Tarquin embarks on a murderous plan to depose his uncle the king and take the throne for himself.But a man who rules by fear must also live in fear, and a prophecy that foretold the end of his dynasty's right to rule troubles Lucius greatly. He must know where the danger to him and his family lies and stop them before they can act against him....

The Tudor Court: Books I-III contains revealing and intimate portraits of three men at the very heart of Queen Elizabeth's court.The Queen's FavouriteRobert Dudley is remembered for being the black-hearted villain who beguiled Elizabeth Tudor and almost convinced her to marry him.But there was so much more to this notorious courtier. Follow Robert throughout his life, from his beginnings as a young boy in thrall to his father's ambitions, t...

When Cardinal Wolsey rises to the top, there's only one way he can fall!England, 1520. Thomas Wolsey has just staged the most magnificent event of the century and his reputation as a statesman has never been greater. He has kings and emperors hanging on his every word and can be forgiven for believing the world is his for the asking.But this is an illusion soon shattered. The European peace he hoped for is destroyed as foreign mo...

Omnibus Edition: 6 Novels in 1 Volume!The Queen's FavouriteSon of a traitor, Robert Dudley is determined to restore his family name and rise as high as he can at the Tudor court.A childhood friendship with Elizabeth Tudor becames the means to rise to an earldom and even, if he can manage it, to the throne of England. But Robert will have to persuade a queen, jealous of her power, to marry him, and that may take a lifetime.

HIS FATHER TRIED USURPATION TO PUT A DUDLEY ON ENGLAND’S THRONE.ROBERT WILL TRY LOVE.Thrust into the treacherous world of the Tudor court as a boy, Robert Dudley is placed close to the royal children and soon learns that friendship can be the most powerful currency of all.But when his father's bold gambit to crown Lady Jane Grey ends in disaster, the Dudley name becomes synonymous with treason. Robert and his brothers are imprisoned...

Surrounded by enemies, Elizabeth relies on one man to keep her safe.England in the sixteenth century is a country in turmoil.King Henry VIII's Reformation has left England divided between Catholics and Protestants. Most of the those who cling to the Old Faith are content to conform to the laws of the land. But there are some Catholics who wonder where their allegiance lies - to England's heretic queen or to the Pope?Francis Walsingham has no such do...

Essex is England's rising star. But for one star to rise, another must fall.England, 1588. The Spanish Armada has been defeated and everyone in the country rejoices. All except Elizabeth I, who is consumed by a private grief. The Earl of Leicester is dead, and without him by her side, the ageing queen has never felt more alone.Enter Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Young, dazzling, and hungry for glory, he is everything Leicester once was, and Elizabeth cann...

ROME’S NEW HERO MAY PROVE TO BE HER GREATEST ENEMY YETThe tyrant king has been banished from Rome and the republic has been born.But Rome is still a divided nation, with the plebeians on one side and the patricians on the other, and it’s not long before tensions begin to rise.Into this turbulent arena strides Caius Marcius, a young patrician who thinks the plebs are scum, fit only for swelling the ranks of the Roman army. But the plebs have power unde...